> Fast, minimal glob matcher for node.js. Similar to micromatch, minimatch and multimatch, but complete Bash 4.3 wildcard support only (no support for exglobs, posix brackets or braces)
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This release includes fixes for windows path edge cases and other improvements for stricter adherence to bash spec.
**Fixed**
* More windows path edge cases
**Added**
* Support for bash-like quoted strings for escaping sequences of characters, such as `foo/"**"/bar` where `**` should be matched literally and not evaluated as special characters.
Nanomatch is a fast and accurate glob matcher with full support for standard Bash glob features, including the following "metacharacters": `*`, `**`, `?` and `[...]`.
**Learn more**
* [Getting started](#getting-started): learn how to install and begin using nanomatch
* [Features](#features): jump to info about supported patterns, and a glob matching reference
* [API documentation](#api): jump to available options and methods
* [Unit tests](test): visit unit tests. there is no better way to learn a code library than spending time the unit tests. Nanomatch has 36,000 unit tests - go become a glob matching ninja!
<details>
<summary><strong>How is this different?</strong></summary>
**Speed and accuracy**
Nanomatch uses [snapdragon](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/snapdragon) for parsing and compiling globs, which results in:
* Granular control over the entire conversion process in a way that is easy to understand, reason about, and customize.
* Faster matching, from a combination of optimized glob patterns and (optional) caching.
* Much greater accuracy than minimatch. In fact, nanomatch passes _all of the spec tests_ from bash, including some that bash still fails. However, since there is no real specification for globs, if you encounter a pattern that yields unexpected match results [after researching previous issues](../../issues), [please let us know](../../issues/new).
**Basic globbing only**
Nanomatch supports [basic globbing only](#features), which is limited to `*`, `**`, `?` and regex-like brackets.
If you need support for the other [bash "expansion" types](#bash-expansion-libs) (in addition to the wildcard matching provided by nanomatch), consider using [micromatch](https://github.com/micromatch/micromatch) instead. _(micromatch >=3.0.0 uses the nanomatch parser and compiler for basic glob matching)_
Add nanomatch to your project using node's `require()` system:
```js
var nanomatch = require('nanomatch');
// the main export is a function that takes an array of strings to match
// and a string or array of patterns to use for matching
nanomatch(list, patterns[, options]);
```
**Params**
*`list`**{String|Array}**: List of strings to perform matches against. This is often a list of file paths.
*`patterns`**{String|Array}**: One or more [glob paterns](#features) to use for matching.
*`options`**{Object}**: Any [supported options](#options) may be passed
**Examples**
```js
var nm = require('nanomatch');
console.log(nm(['a', 'b/b', 'c/c/c'], '*'));
//=> ['a']
console.log(nm(['a', 'b/b', 'c/c/c'], '*/*'));
//=> ['b/b']
console.log(nm(['a', 'b/b', 'c/c/c'], '**'));
//=> ['a', 'b/b', 'c/c/c']
```
See the [API documentation](#api) for available methods and [options](https://github.com/einaros/options.js).
## Documentation
### Escaping
_Backslashes and quotes_ can be used to escape characters, forcing nanomatch to regard those characters as a literal characters.
**Backslashes**
Use backslashes to escape single characters. For example, the following pattern would match `foo/*/bar` exactly:
```js
'foo/\*/bar'
```
The following pattern would match `foo/` followed by a literal `*`, followed by zero or more of any characters besides `/`, followed by `/bar`.
```js
'foo/\**/bar'
```
**Quoted strings**
Use single or double quotes to escape sequences of characters. For example, the following patterns would match `foo/**/bar` exactly:
```js
'foo/"**"/bar'
'foo/\'**\'/bar'
"foo/'**'/bar"
```
**Matching literal quotes**
If you need to match quotes literally, you can escape them as well. For example, the following will match `foo/"*"/bar`, `foo/"a"/bar`, `foo/"b"/bar`, or `foo/"c"/bar`:
```js
'foo/\\"*\\"/bar'
```
And the following will match `foo/'*'/bar`, `foo/'a'/bar`, `foo/'b'/bar`, or `foo/'c'/bar`:
```js
'foo/\\\'*\\\'/bar'
```
## API
### [nanomatch](index.js#L40)
The main function takes a list of strings and one or more glob patterns to use for matching.
**Params**
*`list`**{Array}**: A list of strings to match
*`patterns`**{String|Array}**: One or more glob patterns to use for matching.
*`options`**{Object}**: See available [options](#options) for changing how matches are performed
*`returns`**{Array}**: Returns an array of matches
**Example**
```js
var nm = require('nanomatch');
nm(list, patterns[, options]);
console.log(nm(['a.js', 'a.txt'], ['*.js']));
//=> [ 'a.js' ]
```
### [.match](index.js#L106)
Similar to the main function, but `pattern` must be a string.
**Params**
*`list`**{Array}**: Array of strings to match
*`pattern`**{String}**: Glob pattern to use for matching.
*`options`**{Object}**: See available [options](#options) for changing how matches are performed
*`returns`**{Array}**: Returns an array of matches
Returns true if the given `string` contains the given pattern. Similar to [.isMatch](#isMatch) but the pattern can match any part of the string.
**Params**
*`str`**{String}**: The string to match.
*`patterns`**{String|Array}**: Glob pattern to use for matching.
*`options`**{Object}**: See available [options](#options) for changing how matches are performed
*`returns`**{Boolean}**: Returns true if the patter matches any part of `str`.
**Example**
```js
var nm = require('nanomatch');
nm.contains(string, pattern[, options]);
console.log(nm.contains('aa/bb/cc', '*b'));
//=> true
console.log(nm.contains('aa/bb/cc', '*d'));
//=> false
```
### [.matchKeys](index.js#L450)
Filter the keys of the given object with the given `glob` pattern and `options`. Does not attempt to match nested keys. If you need this feature, use [glob-object](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/glob-object) instead.
**Params**
*`object`**{Object}**: The object with keys to filter.
*`patterns`**{String|Array}**: One or more glob patterns to use for matching.
*`options`**{Object}**: See available [options](#options) for changing how matches are performed
*`returns`**{Object}**: Returns an object with only keys that match the given patterns.
**Example**
```js
var nm = require('nanomatch');
nm.matchKeys(object, patterns[, options]);
var obj = { aa: 'a', ab: 'b', ac: 'c' };
console.log(nm.matchKeys(obj, '*b'));
//=> { ab: 'b' }
```
### [.matcher](index.js#L479)
Returns a memoized matcher function from the given glob `pattern` and `options`. The returned function takes a string to match as its only argument and returns true if the string is a match.
**Params**
*`pattern`**{String}**: Glob pattern
*`options`**{Object}**: See available [options](#options) for changing how matches are performed.
*`returns`**{Function}**: Returns a matcher function.
Allow glob patterns without slashes to match a file path based on its basename. Same behavior as [minimatch](https://github.com/isaacs/minimatch) option `matchBase`.
Enabled by default, this option enforces bash-like behavior with stars immediately following a bracket expression. Bash bracket expressions are similar to regex character classes, but unlike regex, a star following a bracket expression **does not repeat the bracketed characters**. Instead, the star is treated the same as an other star.
Type: `Boolean`
Default: `true`
**Example**
```js
var files = ['abc', 'ajz'];
console.log(nm(files, '[a-c]*'));
//=> ['abc', 'ajz']
console.log(nm(files, '[a-c]*', {bash: false}));
```
</details>
<details>
<summary><strong>cache</strong></summary>
### options.cache
Disable regex and function memoization.
Type: `Boolean`
Default: `undefined`
</details>
<details>
<summary><strong>dot</strong></summary>
### options.dot
Match dotfiles. Same behavior as [minimatch](https://github.com/isaacs/minimatch) option `dot`.
Type: `Boolean`
Default: `false`
</details>
<details>
<summary><strong>failglob</strong></summary>
### options.failglob
Similar to the `--failglob` behavior in Bash, throws an error when no matches are found.
Type: `Boolean`
Default: `undefined`
</details>
<details>
<summary><strong>ignore</strong></summary>
### options.ignore
String or array of glob patterns to match files to ignore.
Type: `String|Array`
Default: `undefined`
</details>
<details>
<summary><strong>matchBase</strong></summary>
### options.matchBase
Alias for [options.basename](#options-basename).
</details>
<details>
<summary><strong>nocase</strong></summary>
### options.nocase
Use a case-insensitive regex for matching files. Same behavior as [minimatch](https://github.com/isaacs/minimatch).
Type: `Boolean`
Default: `undefined`
</details>
<details>
<summary><strong>nodupes</strong></summary>
### options.nodupes
Remove duplicate elements from the result array.
Type: `Boolean`
Default: `true` (enabled by default)
**Example**
Example of using the `unescape` and `nodupes` options together:
Disallow negation (`!`) patterns, and treat leading `!` as a literal character to match.
Type: `Boolean`
Default: `undefined`
</details>
<details>
<summary><strong>nonull</strong></summary>
### options.nonull
Alias for [options.nullglob](#options-nullglob).
</details>
<details>
<summary><strong>nullglob</strong></summary>
### options.nullglob
If `true`, when no matches are found the actual (arrayified) glob pattern is returned instead of an empty array. Same behavior as [minimatch](https://github.com/isaacs/minimatch) option `nonull`.
Type: `Boolean`
Default: `undefined`
</details>
<details>
<summary><strong>snapdragon</strong></summary>
### options.snapdragon
Pass your own instance of [snapdragon](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/snapdragon) to customize parsers or compilers.
Type: `Object`
Default: `undefined`
</details>
<details>
<summary><strong>snapdragon</strong></summary>
### options.sourcemap
Generate a source map by enabling the `sourcemap` option with the `.parse`, `.compile`, or `.create` methods.
**Examples**
```js
var nm = require('nanomatch');
var res = nm.create('abc/*.js', {sourcemap: true});
Convert path separators on returned files to posix/unix-style forward slashes.
Type: `Boolean`
Default: `true`
**Example**
```js
nm.match(['a\\b\\c'], 'a/**');
//=> ['a/b/c']
nm.match(['a\\b\\c'], {unixify: false});
//=> ['a\\b\\c']
```
</details>
## Features
Nanomatch has full support for standard Bash glob features, including the following "metacharacters": `*`, `**`, `?` and `[...]`.
Here are some examples of how they work:
| **Pattern** | **Description** |
| --- | --- |
| `*` | Matches any string except for `/`, leading `.`, or `/.` inside a path |
| `**` | Matches any string including `/`, but not a leading `.` or `/.` inside a path. More than two stars (e.g. `***` is treated the same as one star, and `**` loses its special meaning | when it's not the only thing in a path segment, per Bash specifications) |
| `foo*` | Matches any string beginning with `foo` |
| `*bar*` | Matches any string containing `bar` (beginning, middle or end) |
| `*.min.js` | Matches any string ending with `.min.js` |
| `[abc]*.js` | Matches any string beginning with `a`, `b`, or `c` and ending with `.js` |
| `abc?` | Matches `abcd` or `abcz` but not `abcde` |
The exceptions noted for `*` apply to all patterns that contain a `*`.
**Not supported**
The following extended-globbing features are not supported:
Nanomatch is part of a suite of libraries aimed at bringing the power and expressiveness of [Bash's](https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/) matching and expansion capabilities to JavaScript, _and - as you can see by the [benchmarks](#benchmarks) - without sacrificing speed_.
| `nanomatch` (you are here) | Wildcards | `*` | [Filename expansion](https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/Filename-Expansion.html#Filename-Expansion), also referred to as globbing and pathname expansion, allows the use of [wildcards](#features) for matching. |
| [expand-tilde](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/expand-tilde) | Tildes | `~` | [Tilde expansion](https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/Tilde-Expansion.html#Tilde-Expansion) converts the leading tilde in a file path to the user home directory. |
| [expand-brackets](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/expand-brackets) | Brackets | `[[:alpha:]]` | [POSIX character classes](https://www.gnu.org/software/grep/manual/html_node/Character-Classes-and-Bracket-Expressions.html) (also referred to as POSIX brackets, or POSIX character classes) |
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